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Early Industries
In common with most Utah towns, under the teachings and practices of Brigham Young, there was a spirit of cooperation. Each community vied with its neighbor in becoming as nearly self-sustaining as the circumstances would permit. Beaver, as a result of these teachings, and the influence of such local leaders as John R. Murdock, Marcus L. Shepherd, John Ashworth, Joseph Field and others, was the leading town south of Provo.
This was attested by the woolen mills, tannery, harness shops, shoe shops, flour mills, photograph galleries, lumber mills and other industries such as tailor shops, hand looms, carding, etc., which promoted Beaver to a position of being very nearly self-sustaining.
Weaving and Tailoring
About 1864 or 1865, small flocks of sheep, ten to twenty in number, were possessed by a number of families. The wool would be shorn in proper season, hand carded, spun upon a hand spinning wheel, and eventually reached the hands of a few persons possessed of a loom for weaving cloth. One of these noted weavers was Charsta Lunblad, wife of Hans Lunblad, one-time president of the Scandinavian Mission before coming to Utah as Mormon converts. He was a tailor by trade and made men's suits from cloth woven by his wife. They were the great-grand-parents of Walter and Elton Mackerell and Helen B. Davis of Beaver.
Carding Mill
To overcome this slow and arduous task of hand carding, during the latter part of 1867 a small carding plant was built. This was owned and operated by Richard Curfew, a weaver by trade and a convert from England. He was assisted by John Ashworth and son, William Ash-worth. This plant was located a few hundred feet north of the present Messinger and Sons Flour Mill, and was

Early Industries
In common with most Utah towns, under the teachings and practices of Brigham Young, there was a spirit of cooperation. Each community vied with its neighbor in becoming as nearly self-sustaining as the circumstances would permit. Beaver, as a result of these teachings, and the influence of such local leaders as John R. Murdock, Marcus L. Shepherd, John Ashworth, Joseph Field and others, was the leading town south of Provo.
This was attested by the woolen mills, tannery, harness shops, shoe shops, flour mills, photograph galleries, lumber mills and other industries such as tailor shops, hand looms, carding, etc., which promoted Beaver to a position of being very nearly self-sustaining.
Weaving and Tailoring
About 1864 or 1865, small flocks of sheep, ten to twenty in number, were possessed by a number of families. The wool would be shorn in proper season, hand carded, spun upon a hand spinning wheel, and eventually reached the hands of a few persons possessed of a loom for weaving cloth. One of these noted weavers was Charsta Lunblad, wife of Hans Lunblad, one-time president of the Scandinavian Mission before coming to Utah as Mormon converts. He was a tailor by trade and made men's suits from cloth woven by his wife. They were the great-grand-parents of Walter and Elton Mackerell and Helen B. Davis of Beaver.
Carding Mill
To overcome this slow and arduous task of hand carding, during the latter part of 1867 a small carding plant was built. This was owned and operated by Richard Curfew, a weaver by trade and a convert from England. He was assisted by John Ashworth and son, William Ash-worth. This plant was located a few hundred feet north of the present Messinger and Sons Flour Mill, and was